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From YouTube: This Week in Ames | Construction Season
Description
Civil Engineer Eric Cowles tells us what is coming up for construction in the City.
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B
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I
started
in
2007
as
the
construction
supervisor,
so
I
was
in
the
field
overseeing
all
the
construction
projects
and
then
in
2010.
I
came
into
my
current
role
as
a
civil
engineer
to
working
with
coordinated
assigned
for
capital
improvement
projects
and
recently
have
rolled
into
doing
more
of
the
development
and
site
plan
project
review
for
Public
Works.
So.
A
B
Much
so
originally
that
that's
all
that
I
really
worked
on
now
in
working
with
developers
and
Andrey
developers
of
sites
I
get
to
work
with
street
improvements,
utility
improvements,
coordination,
zuv,
easements,
and
things
like
that.
And
it's
it's
a
really
interesting
part
of
the
work
that
I
get
to
do,
and
it
also
allows
me
to
keep
my
finger
on
the
pulse
of
the
community
as
far
as
what
is
coming
as
developers
and
redevelopment
sites
come
in
and
what
people
are
looking
at
to
get
it
done
in
town.
So.
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B
Actually,
we
it's
a
quite
a
process:
the
streets
for
reconstruction.
We
drive
or
have
our
streets
driven
every
couple
of
years
to
do
a
it's
a
survey.
If
you
will
a
van
drives
over
these-
and
it
has
sensors
in
the
van
that
accounts,
cracks,
pavement,
de-stresses
and
smoothness,
and
it
actually
gives
the
road
a
rating,
and
we
can
track
that
rating
to
determine
how
quickly
the
road
is
deteriorating.
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B
If
you
can
get
two
things
before
they
are
totally
gone,
it
is
a
little
more
cost
effective
if
you
go
to
a
total
reconstruction,
the
cost
and
the
impact
to
the
res
the
time
that
they
have
to
be
out
of
their
drives
and
the
and
the
dust
and
the
mess
related
to
the
reconstruction
and
the
impact
is
a
whole
lot
greater.
But
the
upside
is
is,
if
you
do
those
reconstruction's
you're,
probably
not
going
to
be
back
there
for
another
20
to
30
years.
In
doing
anything,
it.
A
B
We
do
a
lot
of
public
outreach
for
our
projects
and
a
couple
of
times
that
we've
been
in
a
neighborhood
that
is
a
little
more
mature.
The
houses
are
a
little
older
and
were
reconstructing
the
street,
and
one
of
the
first
questions
I
ask
is:
who
was
here
the
last
time
that
we
redid
the
street
once
in
a
while
I'll
get
a
hand
in
the
air
and
I'll
ask
you
know
when
was
that
like?
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Oh,
you
know,
it
was
nineteen,
fifty
eight
or
nineteen
sixty
three
or
something
like
that
and
I'm
like
so
in
other
words
a
long
time
ago,
and
now
we're
back
to
reconstruct
you
know,
so
we
have
them
impacted
anybody
for
quite
a
while,
and
then
you
know
they.
Ultimately,
the
question
is
well.
How
long
is
this
going
to
take?
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A
B
Right
there
there
were
very
limit
on
what
we
can
do
during
the
winter
months.
Usually
you
can
do
bridge
and
structural
work,
but
obviously
we
don't
have
very
many
bridges
here
in
town
we
were,
you
know
we
do
have
a
six-string
bridge
under
construction
right
now,
which
did
take
place
over
the
winter.
But
typically
you
know
we
don't
have
much
going
on
for
construction
during
the
winter
months
and
the
weather
can
truly
affect
things.
I
mean
look
back
to
last
November.
B
We
had
great,
we
had
a
kind
of
a
wet
summer
and
then
it
dried
out
for
about
a
month-
and
we
got
a
lot
of
work
done
in
that
month
and
all
of
a
sudden
turn
wet
again,
and
then
it
turns
super
cold
so
fast
that
all
the
contractors
pretty
much
shut
down,
and
then
we
have
two
weeks
of
pretty
good
weather
and
then
it
got
super
cold
again.
Shutting
every.
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It's
absolutely
right.
There
are
specifications
you
can
do
cold
weather
concreting
you
can.
There
are
things
in
place
that
allow
you
to
work
in
the
cold
with
the
materials
need
to
do
a
lot
of
times.
Underground
work
isn't
affected
quite
as
much
concrete,
paving
asphalt,
paving
those
things
are
truly
affected
by
by
colder
temperatures
once
you're
doing
underground
work,
you're
you're
almost
just
limited
to
the
fact.
When
the
frost
goes
on
the
ground,
you
can
no
longer
do.
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A
B
If
we're
going
to
reconstruct
your
street,
this
construction
season,
there's
a
very,
very
good
chance
that
we've
already
reached
out
to
you
in
a
public
meeting,
sensed
where
we
could
bring
people
in
and
have
them
ask
questions
of
us.
We
can
show
them
the
project,
get
information
on
them
with
some
of
the
things
they
may
have
going
on,
whether
it's
a
an
access
issue
or
a
roof
or
bathroom
remodel,
something
that
that
degree
that
we
now
need
to
help
coordinate.
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A
B
What
you
can
do
is
on
our
webpage.
If
you
go
to
save
ames
org
under
government,
you
look
for
Public
Works.
You
hit
that
page
and
off
to
the
left
hand,
side,
there's
a
link
for
construction
updates
and
on
that,
on
that
page
they're,
all
the
projects
that
we
have
ongoing
would
affect
Street
work.
We
try
to
update
those
about
once
a
week,
so
people
know
what's
kind
of
going
on
and.
B
Exactly
and
a
lot
of
them
have
maps
showing
what
the
impacts
are
where
the
street
closures
are
going
to
be.
Some
of
our
construction
can
happen
under
traffic,
so
you
may
have
to
just
work
your
way
through
it,
but
you
know
if
the
street
is
truly
closed.
You
know
we
ask
people
to
respect
those
closures
and
stay
out
of
those
work
zones.
Well,.
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A
Again,
if
you
want
a
quick
way
to
get
to
those
construction
updates,
just
go
to
city
of
Ames
org
forward,
slash
construction,
it'll!
Take
you
right
to
that
page!
Well,
some
other
events
going
on
in
April.
You
might
want
to
mark
your
calendar
for
saturday
april
twenty
third,
it's
the
water
and
pollution
control,
open
house.
You
can
get
more
information,
including
directions
on
our
website.
That
event
is
ten
a.m.
to
2pm.
Again,
look
at
our
website
for
more
information.
Also,
don't
forget
that
open
streets
will
take
place.